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Which the president continues to deny. david pecker used his tabloid to vanquish donald trump's rivals during the 2016 election while quashing negative stories about his longtime friend in 2016. but he reportedly kept them locked in a safe for himself, a safe that according to the associated press is filled with other damaging stories about the president. back with me,er er iour panel. gabe, jerry george, the l.a. bureau chief, last night talking about their protocols for dealing with this sort of stuff. let's listen to what he had to say. >> there was such a device in this digital age where, ...

David pecker took over at ceo in 1999. you said when he came over an edict came down specifically about donald trump. no negative stories would ever appear in an american media publication. tell us more about that. >> well, erica, you know, when david pecker arrived, he sort of brought with him a silent editor. that was, you know, donald trump. they have a long-standing friendship, and david brought that to the table when he accepted the position as ceo. >> you said a silent editor. does that mean he gave donald trump power to kill stories or to even direct stories? >> that's exactly what i me...

Donald trump, as you know, loves publicity. it's not that stories, you know, were -- there were no stories done, but everything done was done with a glow to it. >> a glow. and a sheen perhaps some might say. the "washington post" reporting during the presidential campaign, that the ""enquirer" would send stories about donald trump and also his political opponents to his attorney michael cohen and he could weigh in. sort of leads us to understand why the coverage was the way it was. obviously during the campaign in terms of what we saw about hillary clinton and what we saw about donald trump. i...